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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
he bay of Charleston. The group of islands extending south of this bay, upon which the Federals had long since obtained a footing, is bounded by the estuary of Stono River. Some Union vessels occupied the entrance of this arm of the sea, deep but tortuous, and sometimes ascended it for a considerable distance in search of blockadthout passing through the entrance guarded by DuPont. The Confederates determined to lay an ambuscade for them, and erected some batteries along both banks of the Stono, which they fortified, taking care to mask their guns. On the 30th of January, the Union steamer Isaac Smith having penetrated into the channel, they allowed her abandoned by their crews. The operations against Charleston were about to commence. A regiment of infantry had occupied Cole's Island, on the left bank of the Stono River, on the 28th of March—a position extremely well chosen for commanding both this arm of the sea and the entrance of the long channel which under the name of Foll